World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 849 - 403: Checkmate! Turing Duo’s reputation is ruined!_2

Chapter 849: 403: Checkmate! Turing Duo’s reputation is ruined!_2

This... this has completely trampled over everyone’s bottom line, even deeper than the so-called assassination of lords.

You, Zhi Li, by doing this, do you not realize that in the future no lord will have any way to live?

Especially since there are lords present who have already sent their wives to your bed. Does that not put their own lives and fortunes in jeopardy?

At this moment, cold sweat burst forth from Zhi Li’s brow; he knew he was facing the most fearsome crisis.

Calm down, calm down, the more critical the moment, the more you need to stay calm!

"Ha ha ha ha..." Zhi Li laughed loudly, seizing the initiative and capturing everyone’s attention.

"Suo Lun, you’ve played quite the hand, finding a body double to cleanse yourself completely," Zhi Li laughed: "Tuli Yang, who stands in for another, may I ask you a question?"

Tuli Yang’s eyes, as he looked towards Zhi Li, seemed capable of spitting flames, and he said through gritted teeth, "Ask away!"

Zhi Li said, "You just mentioned that my plan was to sleep with Turing Duo and get her pregnant, and then, after that, kill Tuli Yang so that my son could inherit the position of City Lord, is that correct?"

Tuli Yang nodded, "Yes, that is exactly the wicked scheme you crafted."

Zhi Li said, "Then, the plan must have been like this: I first have an affair with Turing Duo to get her pregnant. Then she must be intimate with Tuli Yang, so that Tuli Yang would believe the child is his. Finally, we’d have to wait until the child is born and confirmed as a boy to be established as the heir of Luan Yang City before we murder Tuli Yang. This would make logical sense, right? Otherwise, if she gave birth to a girl, it would all be for naught."

"Right," Tuli Yang said.

Zhi Li scoffed, "But that’s not correct, is it? We should have waited until the child was born and confirmed as a boy before plotting to murder Tuli Yang, right? So why act several months ago when Turing Duo hadn’t even confirmed her pregnancy?"

At this statement, the crowd was in an uproar!

Indeed, that was a flaw, if Zhi Li’s plan was to wait until after the child was born and confirmed as the heir of Luan Yang City before killing Tuli Yang, it would have been impossible for him to attempt murder months earlier, right?

Tuli Yang exclaimed hoarsely, "That’s because... because I discovered your lewd affair ahead of time! That very night, as you were welcoming Turing Mo, you shamelessly indulged with Turing Duo in my own room, and when I caught you, I clawed Turing Duo’s face, nearly disfiguring her."

With those words, everyone’s gaze turned towards Turing Duo’s face.

At that moment, her face still bore faded red marks. Months earlier, she had claimed that she had disfigured herself to show her determination to remain chaste and loyal.

Tuli Yang continued, "Zhi Li was about to kill me on the spot, but that harlot Turing Duo said we couldn’t kill just yet. We needed to create a public illusion of an assassination attempt on me and then pin it on Lord Suo Lun."

Fen Mo said, "That night, Turing Duo came to me with a face full of scars, asking me to assassinate Tuli Yang. And in return for completing the task, she promised to let me rejoin the Turing Clan."

Tuli Yang said, "Zhi Li then gave me a potion, which upon consumption allowed me to live; I could eat and walk, but I was like a soulless husk, a walking corpse. The next day, Turing Duo paraded me through the streets, leaving the royal city in an open carriage returning to Luan Yang City, even putting on an act of affection. Samurai of the Tuli Family, did you not find my gaze vacant and my behavior strange that day?"

At these words, not only the samurai of the Tuli Family but also the nobles who were present felt it was strange.

First, after attending Zhi Li’s wedding, everyone was not in a hurry to return, only Tuli Yang hurried back.

He didn’t just go back, he insisted on riding in an open carriage, displaying an affectionate demeanor with Turing Duo.

The previous Tuli Yang and Turing Duo weren’t that high-profile, and indeed, Tuli Yang’s behavior on that day had been very abnormal, almost dull-witted.

Fen Mo said, "Turing Duo and I had agreed on Black Crow Valley as the location to assassinate Tuli Yang. So the next day, I led a massive team of assassins to Black Crow Valley to ambush and assassinate Tuli Yang’s party. Of course, the entire assassin team was dispatched by Zhi Li and the Turing Clan, led by Eunuch Li Zhu, a confidant of Zhi Li His Highness. The poison arrow used to shoot Tuli Yang was also personally given to me by him. Naturally, when it came time to shoot Tuli Yang, I swapped out the poison arrow for another kind, one that would cause immediate feigned death, stopping both breath and heartbeat, creating the illusion that Tuli Yang was dead!"

Immediately, Turing Duo remembered touching Tuli Yang’s carotid artery at that time, indeed finding no pulse.

Fen Mo continued, "After we assassinated Tuli Yang and half of the Tuli Family samurai, we purposefully let Turing Duo escape to go back and report the news. How strange it is, I am a Dragon Archer, yet I could assassinate Tuli Yang but fail to kill Turing Duo?"

At these words, the crowd was in another uproar.

Indeed, if it was Lord Suo Lun who ordered the assassination, why kill only Tuli Yang and spare Turing Duo?

"That’s because, Suo Lun coveted my beauty," Turing Duo screamed.

Fen Mo ignored her, continuing, "After killing Tuli Yang, Li Zhu turned on me, attempting to silence me. Fortunately, I was prepared, carrying Tuli Yang I jumped off a cliff hundreds of meters high, into the waters of Penteng River. Li Zhu, surely you must be puzzled as to why, after so many poison needles were shot into my body, I still did not die, right?"

At this statement, Li Zhu instinctively let a curious gaze slip through, and it was this expression that completely betrayed him. By the time he came to his senses it was already too late.

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